Angeline Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, is a storyteller who writes about her Ojibwe community in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. She is a former Director of the Office of Indian Education at the U.S. Department of Education and is the author of two bestselling novels, Firekeeper’s Daughter and Warrior Girl Unearthed. In today’s episode, Angeline and Annmarie talk about the need to protect and celebrate indigenous artifacts, cultures, and stories.

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Titles and Authors Discussed in This Episode:

The Firekeeper’s Daughter, by Angeline Boulley

Warrior Girl Unearthed, by Angeline Boulley

House Party, edited by justin a. reynolds

Yellowface, by R.F. Kwon

The Shadow Sister, by Lily Mead 

Promise Boys, by Nick Brooks

The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones.

Elatsoe, by Darcie Little Badger

English-Cayuga/Cayuga-English Dictionary, by Frances Froman, Alfred J. Keye, Lottie Keye, and Carrie J. Dyck

Here’s a sneak peak of the movie Interstellar.

Follow Angeline Boulley:

Instagram: @angelineboulleyTwitter: @FineAngelineFacebook: @angelineboulleyauthorAngelineboulley.comPhoto credit: Marcella Hadden

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